Amateur Golf
- 18–21 May: NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships - Purdue won its first team championship. Caroline Hedwall of Oklahoma State won the individual title.
- 1–6 June: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships - Augusta State won its first team championship. Scott Langley of Illinois won the individual title.
- 11–13 June: Curtis Cup - The United States claimed its seventh consecutive Cup, defeating the team from Great Britain & Ireland by a score of 12½ to 7½.
- 14–19 June: The Amateur Championship - South Korea's Jin Jeong became the first Asian player to win the Championship in the competition's 125-year history.
- 9–15 August: U.S. Women's Amateur - In a matchup of 17-year-old Americans, Danielle Kang defeated Jessica Korda, the daughter of former Czech tennis star Petr Korda, 2 & 1 in the 36-hole final.
- 23–29 August: U.S. Amateur - Oklahoma State University student Peter Uihlein beat David Chung in the final match 4&2 to win the Havemeyer Trophy.
- 20–23 October Espirito Santo Trophy - South Korea won by 17 strokes over the United States.
- 28–31 October Eisenhower Trophy - France won by four strokes over Denmark.
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